Kevin Burnham

Personal information

Full name

Kevin Lobdell Burnham

Born

December 21, 1956 (age 59)
Hollis, Queens, New York, U.S.

Medal record

Men's sailing
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	470 class
	1992 Barcelona	470 class

Kevin Lobdell Burnham (born December 21, 1956 in Hollis, Queens, New York) is an American two-time Olympic medalist in the sport of sailing. He won the silver medal in 1992 with Morgan Reeser in the 470 class.

Having competed in every Olympic Trials since 1984, Burnham never gave up on his dream of winning a gold medal. In the 2004 Olympics his dream came true and he won the gold medal with Paul Foerster in the 470 class. Kevin was the oldest gold medalist at the 2004 Olympics Games in Athens, Greece. He is now a sailing coach for various international teams.

References

"Kevin Burnham". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.

Olympic Champions in Men's 470

1976: Frank Hübner & Harro Bode (FRG)
1980: Marcos Soares & Eduardo Penido (BRA)
1984: Luis Doreste & Roberto Molina (ESP)
1988: Thierry Peponnet & Luc Pillot (ESP)
1992: Jordi Calafat & Kiko Sánchez (ESP)
1996: Yevhen Braslavets & Ihor Matviyenko (UKR)
2000: Tom King & Mark Turnbull (AUS)
2004: Paul Foerster & Kevin Burnham (USA)
2008: Nathan Wilmot & Malcolm Page (AUS)
2012: Mathew Belcher & Malcolm Page (AUS)
2016: Šime Fantela & Igor Marenić (CRO)

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